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Dec 1, 20214 min read
The Best of Harris and Crowell
When it comes to partnerships in the music industry, there are few as enduring – and indeed endearing – as the one between Emmylou Harris...
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Plant & Krauss Continue Where They Left Off
In 2007 a sixties rock icon teamed up with a young fiddle-playing bluegrass star to form one of the most unlikely combinations in modern...
Nov 19, 20214 min read
More Gold From The Jerry Garcia Archives
It seems that hardly a month goes by without another release of a live album from the Jerry Garcia Band. Nothing wrong with that, given...
Nov 2, 20213 min read
Hayes Carll Packs a Lyrical Punch
Many of the great Texas troubadours – Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Billy Joe Shaver – are sadly gone. But thankfully many...
Oct 10, 20213 min read
Stars Innovate 50 Years of John Prine Music
Fifty-years ago this month, a young Chicago postman, turned-singer-songwriter, released a self-titled album called John Prine. It would...
Oct 4, 20214 min read
Sturgill Simpson Health Shock - Cancels Tour
Sturgill Simpson, one of Americana Music’s hottest acts, has shocked the industry with a sudden Instagram announcement that he has...
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Tributes Flow at Americana Music Awards
The legacy left behind by recently-departed artists across all genres dominated the 20th Americana Music Association’s annual Honours and...
Sep 21, 20214 min read
Emmylou Harris Memoirs in the Pipeline
The Queen of Nashville Emmylou Harris is writing her memoirs! This revelation, which will delight fans worldwide, lies buried in one of...
Aug 23, 20213 min read
Tom T. Hall - A Writer's Writer
Few songwriters have married musical lyrics with journalism like Tom T. Hall who has died at 85. For Hall wrote some of country music’s ...
Aug 16, 20214 min read
David Crosby the Opinionated Octogenarian in Full Voice
When it comes to “colourful characters” in modern music, few can match David Crosby. And on the occasion of his 80th birthday, the...
Aug 15, 20215 min read
Nashville Tributes Flood In For Nanci
Many stars and big names in Nashville have wasted little time accessing social media to pay tribute to Nanci Griffith, one of Americana...
Aug 14, 20214 min read
Americana Music loses a Great Star
Americana music has lost arguably the greatest interpreter of its songs with the death of Nanci Griffith at the age of 68. It is believed...
Aug 12, 20213 min read
Creative Purity from Three Big Names in Country
There’s an old adage in country music which goes something like this: To make a good song all you need is a good guitar which can sing as...
Jul 19, 20212 min read
Dylan Plays his Masterpieces
Bob Dylan coming virtual to you from a smoky basement Speakeasy, just off Main Street, USA, circa 1930’s. The women in the audience were...
Jul 10, 20213 min read
Treasure of Love is Quintessential Flatlanders
A sure sign that all is getting back to normal in the world – well the music world at least – is when Americana legends the Flatlanders...
Jun 19, 20213 min read
Dylan Livestream to Break Concert Drought
If ever there was a fact which best defined the impact of COVID-19 on global music, it is this: 2020 was the first year that Bob Dylan...
Jun 5, 20213 min read
Jamestown Revival "Tip Hat" to Legendary Writer
A song with the somewhat bland title “Bound for El Paso” belies one of the most imaginative and inspiring Americana releases of the...
May 23, 20215 min read
Archives Shed New Light on 80 Years of Bob Dylan
Robert Allen Zimmerman (Shabtai Zisi ben Avraham) was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. Bob Dylan turned 80 on May 24, 2021....
May 9, 20213 min read
From Van the Man to “Pan the Man”
Van Morrison is universally known as “Van the Man.” But maybe that should now change to “Pan the Man” following the release of his new...
Mar 25, 20213 min read
Timeless Music from the Queen of Country
Forget the circus surrounding abandoned royals Meghan and Harry, real royal class is on display when the Queen of Country Music Loretta...
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